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Priyadarshan is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has worked in the Hindi and Malayalam film industry for almost 40 years and has directed over 90 films.

He completed his early education at Government Model School in Thiruvananthapuram. He later pursued his bachelor's degree from Mahatma Gandhi College and Master of Arts in Philosophy from University College Thiruvananthapuram. Priyadarshan was a voracious reader, which sparked his interest in writing and led him to write short plays and skits for All India Radio in college.

He began his career in the Malayalam Film Industry in the early 1980s. He started his career as a director with Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (1984) in 1984. The film did surprisingly well and ran for almost 100 days in theatres across Kerala. He continued this slapstick comedy style and later made Oodarathuammava Aalariyam (1984) and Onnanam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil (1985).

Later that year, he demonstrated versatility by directing the crime drama Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya (1985). In the same year, Priyadarshan made his first film with Mohanlal titled Punnaram Cholli Cholli (1985).

1988 was a landmark year in Priyadarshan's career. He directed Vellanakalude Naadu (1988) with Mohanlal in the lead role. It was a political satire crime film that revolved around the prevalent corruption in the country. The film was the biggest hit of that year and successfully ran for 200 days in theatres.

Later that year, he directed and released Chithram (1988), his career's biggest hit. The film completed 366 days in the theatres and broke all the records of his previous collections.

Later, these records were broken by his other film, Kilukkam (1991), released in 1991. Kilukkam starred Mohanlal, Revathi, and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. Priyadarshan's next three releases - Abhimanyu (1991), Advaitham (1992), and Thenmavin Kombath (1994) were also commercially successful and ran for 100 days in the theatres.

Priyadarshan actively worked in the Malayalam film industry for almost two decades (the 1980s and 1990s). After this, he took a short break from Malayalam cinema. He then started focusing on Hindi cinema. He worked as a director and screenwriter in Hindi cinema for nearly a decade.

Priyadarshan debuted in Hindi cinema with Muskurahat (1992), a remake of his film Kilukkam. While the movie didn't perform well at the box office, he made a comeback with the action-crime film Gardish (1993), starring Jackie Shroff. The film was a massive hit, earning two Filmfare Awards for Best Action and Best Art Direction.

In 2000, Priyadarshan directed the comedy movie Hera Pheri (2000) starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawal. The movie is an Indian cult classic and is considered one of the best comedy films in the history of Hindi cinema. Priyadarshan's career in Bollywood took off after Hera Pheri (2000), and he went on to direct comedy blockbusters such as Hungama (2003), Garam Masala (2005), and Phir Hera Pheri (2006).

In 2021, he directed the period drama Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (2021), set in the 16th century. The film, starring Mohanlal, earned Priyadarshan the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

Priyadarshan has been awarded several state and national awards for his work in Hindi and Malayalam cinema. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics) for Virasat (1997) in 1997 and the Filmfare Award for Best Director in 2009 for his movie Kanchivaram (2008). In addition to his cinema accolades, the then President of India also awarded Priyadarshan a Padma Shri in 2012 for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Films were never his first choice - he used to play a lot of cricket,
but an injury to his left eye where a ball hit him ended his hopes of a
career in cricket.

Actor <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0482320/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Mohanlal</a>, his college friend, urged him to get into movies.

He met his wife, Malayalam actress <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0515488/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Lizy</a>, on the set of his second
film. They have done 12 movies together, though she has quit acting
now.

Was directing ABCL&#39;s &quot; Dariya&quot; Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Chandrachur Singh. The film got shelved.

Was to direct GRRR... Starring Amitabh Bachchan in 2010. The film was shelved later for unknown reasons.

Aside from Malayalam films, has also directed Hindi (Gardish and
Muskurahat), Tamil (Gopura Vaasililae) and Telugu movies (Nirnayam).

Won the Kerala State Award for Best Director in 1995. He also directed
<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0255643/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Thenmavin Kombath (1994)</a>, which won for Best Film With Popular Appeal and Aesthetic
Value.

Married since 13. December 1990 with Actress <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0515488/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Lizy</a>.

Priyadarshan is a part of Rising Star Outreach India, the world&#39;s largest Leprosy eradication program.

Father of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm5541772/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Priyadarshan</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm4561511/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Kalyani</a>.

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